Let's go out for a Rosé?

I've I always felt a little bit "out" of the group after high school when after a class or just when we wanted to get together, the main question was "Let's go out for a cold beer?"! As I don't like beer, I was always an outsider, but since I moved to Europe it seems I have found my place. When April comes and the flowers starts blooming, the first thing people want to do is go out for a cold ROSE! Yes, pink wine is really THE drink in spring and summer, specially amongst women. You'll always see lots of people with a pink wine glass on their hands in open air bars, terraces and even their own balconies. Hot weather is a blessing for europeans, they worship temperatures above 25°C, even the French get less cranky when it's warm! Everyone gets out in the streets, it's just like that part in a movie, when a fun, happy song starts and you know something good is gonna happen, that something here, is summer!

Time to be happy - spring is here!!!

But enough about the weather, let's go back to the rosé! Rosé wine was and still is in some places underestimated and looked down on, as it's not worth it. But in France and Switzerland, it's just like any other wine, they're usually dry(not sweet at all), you have some good and some bad, and you have a right time to drink it. I love a rosé for an afternoon break, but you could also accompany food, usually light food, salads, some fish, light meat like veal and pasta with vegetables.

For more rosé anedoctes, read the post 10 Common Ordering Mistakes People Make in Paris by my inspiration David Lebovitz, a great blogger, that was a pastry chef in a great restaurant in California and moved to Paris to enjoy his life and now he writes about food and Paris, in this post, on the number 7 he talks about rosés, but read the full post as it's just as fun!


My favorites rosés today would be Oeil-de-Perdrix, a Swiss wine made from Pinot Noir, really easy to drink, dry but not too dry, and it goes with most things,  and a traditional Côtes de Provence, delicate and fruity. Of course if you actually drink it in Provence it will be much better, as the Oeil-de-Perdrix if you drink it on the shores of the Lac Léman!

Vineyards and Lavender in Provence, France